dlp2012 - Critical Thinking-HC

Grand Pre, NS by Avard Woolaver, on Flickr

A series of five photographs taken in 1917 by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths

Your task: Lie to Us!

Share Your Create
dlpcreates@posterous.com

Tag It!
In the subject line of your email include: ((tag: [your first name only], dlpc4))

See Your Create
dlpcreates.posterous.com
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by mikeedesign

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WIKIPEDIA
Let's explore the validity of wikipedia articles...

West Wind.jpg

The West Wind

and here is the picture that prefaces the back story...

TRUE or FALSE: You Decide!

Year Without A Summer

As SLow aS Possible

South Korean Fan Death

The Masked Marauders

Tree Octopus ← worth mentioning...

Dog Island ← not Wikipedia, but worth sharing...

All About Explorers

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by Rex Roof

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Validating Information
• #overlyhonestmethods on twitter. It started with Dr. Leigh.

• I've got a Top 100 Blog! Or do I?

- Look at the links "out" from the page.

- Look at the "about" page.

- Google it using the “link” command (the links "in")

- Who owns this site/domain?
Check out: http://easywhois.com and/or http://whois.cira.ca

- more Googling

- The Wayback Machine at The Internet Archive

A Lesson in Critical Thinking by Dan Meyer

Your Turn!
TRUE or FALSE
"Research at 3M Corporation concluded that we process visuals 60000 times faster than text."

WHO SAID IT?
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”